Technical Engagement Manager (Overlay)
About The Position
The Technical Engagement Manager for overlay metrology owns KLA’s overlay engagement at a new strategic account and leads an on-site team of Customer Engagement Applications Engineers. The customer operates advanced logic and DRAM on one site and is building its engineering team as the fab ramps, giving the KLA team broader metrology ownership than on a typical account. The role defines and executes the overlay metrology account strategy, covering KLA Archer imaging-based overlay and ATL scatterometry-based overlay, product penetration, share, and adoption. It builds relationships with customer lithography, integration, and metrology leaders and develops a detailed understanding of their process flow, roadmap, and overlay budget. As the primary technical owner for overlay programs, the manager guides work from tool installation, acceptance, and qualification through ramp. The role works with the customer to define overlay sampling and control strategies for logic and DRAM, leads complex problem solving and risk mitigation, and manages escalations. It also translates sampling plans into tool-throughput and attach-rate models to support high-volume tool forecasts, and partners with account managers on configurations, quotes, and booking plans. The manager represents the customer to KLA’s OMD product division and collaborates with division marketing, applications, engineering, Service, and Sales to deliver product value, align roadmaps, and resolve issues. The role leads technical reviews with the customer and KLA management, and hires, leads, mentors, and develops Customer Engagement Applications Engineers. It also drives best known methods, training, and knowledge transfer, including helping the customer build its own overlay metrology capability. The position is based at the customer site in a cleanroom environment and requires travel to KLA divisions in the US and Israel.
Requirements
- Master’s degree or higher in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field.
- 5 to 10 years of semiconductor fab, process control, or capital equipment experience, including overlay metrology or lithography process control.
- Strong customer-facing experience and problem-solving skills.
- Experience leading engineers or cross-functional technical programs.
- Willingness to work on site in a cleanroom environment and travel to KLA divisions in the US and Israel.
Nice To Haves
- Deep knowledge of overlay metrology, including image-based and diffraction-based overlay, target design, sampling optimization, high-order and per-exposure modeling, scanner corrections, and APC.
- Hands-on experience with KLA Archer and/or ATL platforms and KLA patterning analytics, such as 5D Analyzer.
- EUV and multi-patterning experience at advanced logic nodes.
- DRAM overlay experience.
- Experience taking a new fab or node from R&D through high-volume ramp.
- Excellent communication with customer executives and engineers and strong project management.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the account strategy for KLA overlay metrology, including product penetration, share, and adoption.
- Build relationships with the customer’s lithography, integration, and metrology leaders and understand their process flow, roadmap, and overlay budget.
- Own overlay programs from tool installation, acceptance, and qualification through ramp.
- Work with the customer to define overlay sampling and control strategies for logic and DRAM, including inline sampling, correction per exposure, dense sampling on critical layers, and scanner feedback.
- Lead complex problem solving, risk mitigation, and escalation management.
- Translate customer sampling plans into tool-throughput and attach-rate models supporting the high-volume tool forecast.
- Work with account managers on configurations, quotes, and booking plans, applying KLA sales processes such as Value/People and SPIN.
- Represent the customer to the OMD product division and collaborate with marketing, applications, engineering, Service, and Sales to deliver product value, align roadmaps, and resolve issues.
- Lead technical reviews with the customer and KLA management.
- Hire, lead, mentor, and develop Customer Engagement Applications Engineers.
- Drive best known methods, training, and knowledge transfer, including helping the customer build its overlay metrology capability.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits.
- 401(k) with company matching.
- Employee stock purchase program (ESPP).
- Student debt assistance.
- Tuition reimbursement program.
- Development and career growth opportunities and programs.
- Financial planning benefits.
- Wellness benefits, including an employee assistance program (EAP).
- Paid time off and paid company holidays.
- Family care and bonding leave.
- Performance incentive programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
